and lindsay lohan's comeback. and her mistakes. we welcome back gayle king. and also, meghan mccain, columnist for "the daily beast." and also, her book, "dirty, sexy politics." let's talk about last night. president obama, big and historic moment, meghan, after 7 1/2 years of war in iraq. he says combat operations are over. he took some heat from those saying, this was rich to take credit, given he opposed president bush's surge. >> he was one of the biggest detractors. and people see the irony that he was against the surge. and now, he recognizes the success. and me, as a republican, we're giving our enemies a timeline, for them to wait it out and possible attacking us again. >> the president not apologizing for the surge. on the other hand, he did promise to bring the troops home. they're coming home. and he has no apologies at all, for not opposing the war in the first place. >> and i think it's important to acknowledge that, you know, he was very clear that he did not want this war to happen. i think, you know, when we look back at history, many of us be